September 18, 2026

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Reporting from Standpoint correspondents in Rome, Kiev, New York, the Caucasus and elsewhere. Writing from the place, by someone who went.

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Wanted: A New Ronald Reagan

GOP voting this year is extraordinarily volatile: Republicans' heads and hearts are completely disconnected - really, they just want Ronald Reagan back

February 21, 2012

Dispatches·US Politics

Cain Isn’t Able and Newt Defies Gravity

Herman Cain's chances of becoming US President have been put paid to by allegations of sexual harassment. But can Newt Gingrich seize the moral high ground?

November 22, 2011

Dispatches·US Politics

Putin’s Chinese Whispers

Russia and China's deep-running antagonism makes them awkward allies

November 22, 2011

China·Dispatches·Russia

Easy Lies the Head that Wears the Crown

Australian liberals missed their opportunity to vote for a monarchy-free state; it may be a while before the chance for a republic comes around again

November 22, 2011

Australasia·Dispatches

Fat Chance for Christie—This Time

'By 2016 Chris Christie will have a solid raft of achievements that he can sell to the American people—he is a president biding his time'

October 25, 2011

Dispatches·US Politics

Books Do Furnish a Little Freedom

'The cover of my new book was likely to shock Pakistani sensibilities but my local book store owner said he'd keep it under the counter with the Salman Rushdie novels. Not the

October 25, 2011

Dispatches·Pakistan

“At last, I feel proud to be Libyan”

Under Gaddafi, Libya was plagued by xenophobic attacks. But now its citizens are reveling in their new-found racial freedom

September 27, 2011

Africa·Dispatches

Exposed: Carnita’s Cover Story

A ticket for a burqa-clad driver in Sydney became a national controversy and reopened the debate about multiculturalism

August 25, 2011

Australasia·Dispatches·Islam

The Settlements: Life Between the Lines

"When the media talk about evacuating settlements, they are thinking of caravans. Look at what we've built. You want to remove this?"

May 23, 2011

Dispatches·Israel·Judaism

To the Polo Saddle Born

While polo as a spectator sport is primarily for the Manolo-wearing classes in England, in Argentina it is much more of a national sport

May 23, 2011

Dispatches·Sport

After Gaddafi: A New Libya Emerges

'More than 40 years later, it is immensely moving to see — and share — the delight of the countless brave Libyans whose revolution is bringing this unspeakable regime to an end'

April 26, 2011

Dispatches·Middle East